Swift



0.1. S. WARDELL.

SWIFT.

Patented May- 15, 1860.

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C. P. S. W'ARDWELL, OF LAKE VILLAGE, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

SWIFT.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 28,319, dated May 15, 1860.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, G/P. S. VVARDWELL, of Lake Village, in the county of Belknap and State of New Hampshire, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Swifts, and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists constructing swifts with a aw and a compensating spring, in such a manner that they can readily be attached to the edge of a table or other suitable place and held firmly in place regardless of the thickness of the table, and readily adjusted for skeins of various lengths, constituting a very portable and effective article of swifts.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

Figure l, is a view of the edge which goes next to the table. Fig. 2, is a side view. Figs. 3 and 4, are back ed e views of a paira right and left handp need on a table for use the red lines representing a skein of silk ready for winding ofi. Fig. 5, is a top view of the upper lip B and a section of the body A. Figs. 6 and 7, are modified plans or modes of constructing and setting the jaws B, B.

A is the body.

B, B, are two lips projecting at right angles from body A forming what I denominate a jaw, the inner faces of these lips do not set on a direct transverse line with the body A, but form, or set on a line obliquely to the body A as shown by Fig. 1, their inner faces being parallel with each other. The upper lip B is wider than the lower lip and body A, projecting about an equal distance from body A, on each side, as shown by Fig. 5, the part J, having a notch in it in which rests spring D, when not in use the further use of said projections will be explained hereafter.

0 is a round stud or projection which holds the spiral spring D. This spring is a very little larger inside than the stud C, and is kept in place by the short or inner end of the wire resting in a notch in a projection I on the top side of the upper lip B. The long end of the wire forming this spring is bent to form an elbow E, to rest on top of the table when in use, see Figs. 3 and 4, also a hook F by which to raise the elbow E, or spring. This whole wire I call a spring and I shall speak of E, and F, as parts thereof.

G is a spool which turns freely on a pin or wire stud H, and is held in place by a small washer I and upsetting or heading the outer end of the stud or pin, the dotted lines Fig. 2 showing a longitudinal section of the spool G and the stud H.

Two of these swifts as described constitute a pair as shown by Figs. 3 and 4, they being right and left handed and represented as attached to the edge of a table L, with a skein M on the spools G ready to be wound off.

The object of making the upper lip B, wider than the body A, on the side K, Fig. 5, also of setting the inner faces of the lips B B, Fig. l, obliquely to body A is to obtain as near as possible a perpendicular position of the swifts when they are placed for use on tables of different or varying thicknesses which insures a firmer hold on the table in proportion as they stand perpendicular. One or both of the lips B, B, may be of the same width or wider than the body A, and their inner faces may set obliquely, or square therewith, as shown by Figs. 6 and 7.

The operation is as follows: The spring Dis raised by the hook F, and the swifts put on the edge of a table Figs. 3 and 4, a proper distance apart to easily receive the skein on the spools G, G, when the elbow E of the spring D, will impinge on the top of the table and tip the swifts toward each other till the lips B, B, strike the table. Now put the skein on the spools G, G; then slightly raise the spring of one of the swifts and slip it from the other till the skein is of the proper tension on the spools when it is ready to be wound off which is done in the usual manner except you must stand on a line with the skeinwhich will turn freely with the spools G, G, the springs D in the meantime holding the swifts firmly in place. This is a very cheap, simple, eifective, and portable method of constructing swifts.

hat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is The spring D, in combination with the jaw formed by lips B, B, substantially as herein described and set forth.

G. P. S. VVARDWELL.

Witnesses:

J. W. WARDWELL, J on: ALDRICH. 

